Esther 9:6

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In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

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  • Esth 3:15 : 15 The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in the citadel of Susa. And while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion.

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  • Esth 9:5
    85%

    5 The Jews struck down their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they dealt with those who hated them as they pleased.

  • Esth 9:9-19
    11 verses
    83%

    9 and Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

    10 the ten sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

    11 That day, the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king.

    12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa, the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now, what is your request? It shall be granted to you. And what is your further petition? It shall be done.”

    13 Esther replied, "If it pleases the king, let the Jews in Susa be allowed to act again tomorrow according to today's decree, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows."

    14 So the king commanded that it be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

    15 The Jews in Susa gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed three hundred men in Susa. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

    16 Meanwhile, the rest of the Jews in the king’s provinces gathered to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies but did not lay their hands on the plunder.

    17 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day, they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.

    18 But the Jews in Susa gathered on the thirteenth and fourteenth days and rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

    19 That is why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving gifts to one another.

  • Esth 9:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s decree and command were to be carried out. On the day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to dominate them, the situation was reversed, and the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.

    2 The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike those who sought their harm. No one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the people.

  • Esth 9:7
    73%

    7 They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, and Aspatha,

  • Esth 8:11
    73%

    11 The king’s decree gave the Jews in every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

  • Esth 3:6
    70%

    6 But he considered it beneath him to attack Mordecai alone, for they had told him about Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

  • Esth 9:23-26
    4 verses
    70%

    23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had started, doing what Mordecai had written to them.

    24 For Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted to destroy them. He cast the pur—that is, the lot—to crush and annihilate them.

    25 But when the matter came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

    26 That is why these days were called Purim, from the word pur. Therefore, because of everything written in this letter, and because of what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,

  • Judg 20:35
    69%

    35 The LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites killed twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjaminites that day, all armed with swords.

  • Esth 3:13
    69%

    13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, ordering the destruction, killing, and annihilation of all the Jews—young and old, children and women—in a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

  • 2 Chr 13:17
    68%

    17 Abijah and his army inflicted a severe defeat on them, and five hundred thousand of Israel’s chosen men were killed.

  • Esth 3:9
    68%

    9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be written to destroy them, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the work, to be deposited in the king’s treasuries."

  • Judg 20:25
    67%

    25 On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

  • Ezek 9:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

    7 Then he said to them, 'Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!' So they went out and struck down people in the city.

  • Esth 8:7
    67%

    7 King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.'

  • Josh 6:21
    67%

    21 They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.

  • Neh 4:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11 Those who were building the wall and those who carried loads were doing their work with one hand while holding a weapon with the other.

    12 Every builder had his sword strapped to his side as he worked, and the one who sounded the trumpet stood beside me.

  • Judg 20:39
    66%

    39 When the Israelites turned in the battle, the Benjaminites had begun killing about thirty Israelites and thought, 'We are defeating them as in the first battle.'

  • Judg 20:45-46
    2 verses
    66%

    45 The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but the Israelites killed five thousand of them along the roads. They pursued them as far as Gidom and struck down another two thousand.

    46 That day, twenty-five thousand sword-wielding men of Benjamin fell, all of them valiant warriors.

  • Jer 41:3
    66%

    3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were found there.

  • Esth 4:7
    66%

    7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

  • Esth 1:2
    66%

    2 At that time, King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

  • Ezra 1:9
    66%

    9 This was their inventory: thirty gold basins, one thousand silver basins, twenty-nine knives,

  • Esth 8:13
    66%

    13 A copy of the written decree was to be issued as law in every province, publicly proclaimed to all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

  • Esth 2:5
    66%

    5 Now there was a Jewish man in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite.

  • Esth 8:5
    65%

    5 She said, 'If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the matter seems right to the king, and if I am pleasing in his eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.'

  • 2 Sam 24:9
    65%

    9 Joab reported the number of the people to the king: Israel had eight hundred thousand able men who could handle a sword, and Judah had five hundred thousand.

  • Esth 8:16-17
    2 verses
    65%

    16 For the Jews, there was light and joy, gladness, and honor.

    17 In every province and every city where the king's command and decree reached, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. And many of the peoples of the land became Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

  • Judg 20:21
    65%

    21 The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

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